Frac sand and logistics services provider Shale Support LLC recently acquired two natural sand mines in Louisiana, more than doubling its annual capacity, the company announced in a June 20 press release.

“Shale Support’s geographic proximity to the Haynesville, Austin Chalk, and Eagle Ford Shale areas, in addition to our ability to use Norfolk Southern as a single haul carrier to the Northeast, has always allowed us to provide a superior product at a lower price point than our competition,” Jeffrey B. Bartlam, the firm’s co-founder and president, said in a statement.

The purchase of the mines in Kinder, LA and Baywood, LA, brings Shale Support’s total capacity to 5 million tn/yr from 3 million tn/yr. A project to expand the capacity of the two mines is expected to reach completion in early 2019, raising the firm’s total output to 6 million tn/yr…